Senior Software Engineer - Rust

Are you a Rust programmer looking for the next best role? Have you worked with low-level performance and want it to matter at a large scale? If this sounds like you, this might be one of the most technically ambitious roles you’ll come across. We’re partnering with our client who are developing a multimodal data warehouse that unifies storage and querying for highly complex domains — including genomics, financial & time series data, weather and much more. They are looking for a Senior Software engineer to join their team in London on a full-time basis What You’ll Do Architect and implement high-performance data processing systems in Rust Leverage Apache Arrow and Parquet for in-memory and on-disk data efficiency Integrate and extend systems like DataFusion, ClickHouse, and DuckDB Design low-latency pipelines for analytical workloads Collaborate with product and platform teams to expose these capabilities via modern APIs Contribute to open-source projects and shape the future of their internal engine You’ll Be a Great Fit If You : Have experience with Rust / C / C++ or systems-level languages Have worked with or contributed to analytical databases like ClickHouse, DuckDB, or DataFusion Understand memory management, file formats, and query execution pipelines Are passionate about open-source and care about software craftsmanship Thrive in a startup environment Want to help reinvent how data is queried, streamed, and embedded? Click Apply now or send your CV to Chinmaye.ramnath@james-chase.com

• This role is based in central London and can offer visa sponsorship